This is an analysis of the poem My First Well Day—since Many Ill that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xaba ccdc edad aaaa fbfb fbgbXgcec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11111101 110101 11011011 110101 01011110 011101 01001111 110101 01010111 1111001 11011011 010101 01010111 100101 01011111 01011 11010001 110101 11110101 110101 110010111 110101 11010101 011001 11110101 1101001 11110001 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, she are repeated.

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